A Chinese national will be deported to China after serving her sentence, following federal authorities’ accusations that she and three others operated a sex trafficking ring disguised as massage parlors in Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on July 10 that it had taken Zhao Lijuan into custody after she served a 140-day sentence at a prison in Erie County, Pennsylvania, for “conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.”Â
The agency said that Zhao had entered the United States illegally and was placed in removal proceedings following her transfer into the agency’s custody.
At the time of writing, Zhao was being held at the Moshannon Valley ICE Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, according to ICE’s locator system. …Â
Chinese National Faces Deportation After Serving Sentence in Illegal Massage Parlor Case
